Furniture upholstery



Sept. 22, 1931. s s 1,824,306

FURNITURE UPHOLSTERY Filed July 31, 1928 Patented Sept. 22,1931

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rATEs HARRY SISKIN, 01'' LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA FURNITURE UPHVOLVSTERY Application filed July 31,

This invention relatesto the art of upholstering furniture,.and has for an object the provision of'an improved method of applying upholstery to furniture.

A more detailed object is the provision of the method of upholstering furniture, which comprises first, making up the upholstery as a complete unit, and then attaching the uni. in position upon the article of furniture. I

Another objec is the provision of an upholstery unit made up ready to apply to an article of furniture, and including the decorative covering material, the backing mate? rial for supporting the upholstery, and the cushioning material interposed therebetween.

Another object is the provision of an upholstery unit for furniture, which lends itself not only to facile installation, but to ready replacement in the event of wear.

The invention possesses other objects and features of advantage, some of which, with the foregoing, will be set forth in the following description of the preferred form of the invention which is illustrated in the drawings accompanying and forming part of the specification. It is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the showing made by the said drawings and description, as I may adopt variations of the preferred form within the scope of my invention as set forth in the claims.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure l is a perspective view of a chair with the upholstering unit of my invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the chair of Fig. 1, before the upholstery unit has been applied thereto. 3 Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the upholstery unit made up and ready to apply to the chair of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the unit of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is vertical sectional view, the plane of section being taken upon'the line 5-5 of Fig. 1, with the direction of view indicated by the arrows.

Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view of the up- 1928. Serial No. 296,506.

holstered chair, the direction of view being indicated'by the arrow 60f Fig. 5. V

. Heretofore, in upholstering furniture such as chairs, it has been customary to' secure a sheet of backing material to the rails of a chair, then cover this sheet with cushioning ma erial, and then position a sheet of decorative material such as tapestry over the cushioning material and secure the decorative covering along its edges to the rails of a chair. In terms of broad inclusion, my invention contemplates forming the upholstery as a complete unit made up of a backing sheet and top decorative sheet, with the cushioning material interposed therebetween and made up as a complete unit before application to the article of furniture, thus facilitating and expediting the process of applying upholstery to furniture.

In greater detail, my invention in its preferred embodiment, comprises a method of, and means for, applying upholstery to such articles of furniture as a chair 6, which includes horizontal upholstery supporting rails 7 supported upon suitable legs 8. In accordance with my invention the upholstery for the chair 6'is made up as a complete unit 9 before application to the chair.

A sheet 11 preferably of decorative and wear-resistant material such as leather or tapestry, and a sheet 12 of backing material such as canvas, buckram or other relatively inelastic material of-high tensile strength, are secured together by lines of stitching 13 spaced fromthe edges 14 and 16 of'the sheets 11 and 12 respectively. Thus anenvelope 17 is formed for the reception of suitable stuffing material 18 such as hair,.kapoc, or equivalent resilient material; it being understood that the row 19 of the stitching 13 along one side of the unit 9, is omitted until after application'of the stuffing material 18. The-fact that the lines 13 and 19 of stitching, arespaced from the edges of the sheets, results in the provision of flaps 21 and 22 at each ofthe lateral edges of the envelope 17 by means of which the unit 9 maybe attached tothe rails 7 of the chair 6. The cornersof the flaps 21 and 22 are cut away as at 23, to facilitate fitting the flaps around the legs 8.

A supporting strip 24, preferably of the same material as the sheet 12, is attached to the sheet 12 in any convenient manner such as by the rows of stitching 26.

Observation of Fig. 4 will reveal that the decorative sheet 11 is larger than the backing sheet 12 and the supporting strip 24, with the result that when applied to the chair 6, the decorative sheet 11 entirely conceals both the bacring sheet and supporting strip.

In order to retain the stuffing 18 in position, the unit 9 may be tufted by connecting the sheets 11 and 12 by cords 27 or their equivalent, each of which is attached at each end to one of the sheets to form tufts 28 in the decorative sheet 11.,

The unit 9 thus formed, is secured to the chair 6 by first attaching the flaps 22 of the sheet 12 to the rails 7. Preferably,the flaps 22 are passed over the top of the-rails 7 and secured to the outer faces thereof as clearly shown upon Fig. 5. Any suitable attaching means may be employed, such as upholstery nails 29. The flaps 21 of the decorative sheet 11, are then stretched over the flaps 22 which have already been attached, downwards along the outer faces of the rails 7, and secured to the under side of the rails as by the upholstery nails 31. The supporting strip 24 is then secured to opposite rails 7 by upholstery nails 32, care being taken to draw the supporting strip 24 relatively taut so that it aids materiall in supporting the rest of the upholstery unit 9. The cut-out corners 23 make it possible to fold the flaps 21 and 22 downwards about the rails? without wrinkling at the corners.

Thus it may be seen that I have devised a method of upholstery furniture, which comprises applying the upholstery to the article of furniture as a complete unit instead of assembling the upholstery piece by piece upon the article. This method lends itself to quantity production, in that the upholstery units may be produced in quantities at a much more rapid rate than is the case when the upholstery is assembled upon the article of furniture. This method of upholstering also produces a stronger and more service able article, in that the various elements of the upholstery are securely fastened together, in addition to being fastened to the article Then the nails 32 may be removed, permitting the entire unit 9 to be lifted from the chair 6, and a different unit substituted therefor.

I claim:

1. An upholstering unit comprising two pieces of fabric or the like stitched together adjacent their edges to form an envelope, cushioning material disposed therebetween, a third piece of fab do or. the like positioned beneaththe pieces, ties extending through all three pieces and the cushioning material, fastening them together, the first two pieces being adapted to have their edges connected to the rails of an article of furniture and the third piece being adapted to have its ends connected to therailss'o as to assist in supporting the center of the unit.

2. A furniture construction having rails, two pieces of fabric having their edges 6X- tending over the tops of the rails, cushioning material disposed between the pieces and a thirc piece of fabric or the like secured between the rails having its center positioned against the side of the lowermost of the first two pieces, to assist in supporting the first two pieces and the cushioning material, and ties extending through the three pieces and cushioning material binding them together. In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

HARRY SISKIN.

of furniture itself, thereby gaining addi-' 

